irstupid said:
People might actually buy an iphone just for a couple crappy games like angry birds.
The iphone isn't the best phone in regards to service. Or at least it wasn't when only AT&T. Then not to mention that whole antenna problem with havng your hand on the side.
But you bring up the biggest POTENTIAL problem of the Vita, something the PSP suffered from forever. And that is games. I see in this topic many brought up Call of Duy. Ha, first how has call of duty done in past on handhelds? Second, why would someone get call of duty twice. IF they already have the game on ps3 or 360, why get it on vita as well. If Vita doesn't get a good catelog of UNIQUE games, they are in a world of hurt.
What do they have worth getting right now? Uncharted. Is that it?
From what I saw with PSP, the big system movers seemed to be Final Fantasy Disdea and Monster Hunter. When or if any of those get announced, then will we see if Vita suceeds. Everyones phone these days has 3G at minimum and can play videos, do crap load of media shit and even to an extenet play games. Personally I can't stand to play any kind of traditional game on my phone, but some people seem to like it. So would I ever get vita for its multimedia features? Hell no. Jus tlike the person you quoted, I would get the much better alternatives. a BIGGER tablet, or else for portability a SMALLER phone.
Now as you said Vita is about GAMES. Then bring on the games. Dont' talk about games, when there are none. 3DS struggled cause of no games, now it rocking them and bringing out more and more all the time. And you see its doing good. I bet the 3DS isnt selling cause it now records 3D videos. No its selling cause of mario 3d Land, Mario Kart, Resident Evil, ect.
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You're limiting yourself if you don't think call of duty will sell consoles.
Unique games are not the real system sellers. Big superficial clones and brands are what sell,
and what with the connectivity and remote play, gamers will be able to play call of duty when dad is watching the game. Vita and ps3 have a connectivity on a similar level as what wiiU is supposed to have. Granted, vita doesn't have it yet, but it's more than capable.
Furthermore, disidea and monster hunter are not system movers, sure they sell games, but someone who is into monster hunter already buys a system for it.
Look at the sales, the highest selling psp game is GTA, a game that is available on consoles. next highest is monster hunter unite, then another gta, then monster hunter 3, a game available on the wii.
Then a long list of games that are either ports or multiplatforms, or spinoffs of games available on consoles.
I know three people, Marvel/Capcom addicts, who want to buy a Vita JUST for MvC:Ultimate to play on the bus, or when someone else is playing on the tv.
A call of duty game on psp sold better than littlebigplanet. A call of duty game is the 16th best selling game on the system...a system with one analog. Why do people buy call of duty 5 times, already? Every version is the same thing, and they come out nearly every year. To add onto that point, you can play CoD on your vita using remote play, you don't need to buy it twice. You buy a vita for the games that are on it, in addition to all those ps2/1 games you've downloaded, and to play your ps3 when you don't have access to the tv. You can even do remote play over internet, so you could go to university, leave your ps3 on at home, and play your ps3 over your university's wifi network...on your vita.
Your thought process is mostly logical though, so I can't really fault you for it. Unique games BECOME big games. Everything was once a unique game, even pokemon. But the problem is that the success rate of unique games is far lower than you think. There are lots of great unique games that never really hit the mark. Little King's Story, Odin Sphere, Valyria Chronicles, Suikoden series, Folklore, Earth Defense Force. For every big successful unique game there are a ten others that simply never make it due to competition, a hundred others that never make it because they're too niche, and a thousand others that never even get the recognition they deserve.
I mean, even as you noted yourself that they need disidea and monster hunter. Those aren't unique games anymore. They are big franchises.
